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Macron hopes new negotiation to help preserve Korean peninsula stability
Paris, Jan 20 (IANS) French President Emmanuel Macron hopes a fresh round of negotiations will help preserve stability on the Korean Peninsula.
Over a phone conversation with South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Thursday, Macron “welcomed the resumption of the inter-Korean dialogue and hoped that it would help reduce tensions and build confidence to lead to the denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula,” the French presidency said in a statement on Friday, Xinhua reported.
The French President emphasised North Korea participating in the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics was “a positive element,” said the statement.
North Korea and South Korea had held a high-level meeting last week and a working-level meeting this week on North’s participation in the Winter Olympics.
The two sides have reached consensus on measures to ease tensions.
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Sunil Gavaskar gives his opinion of GT allrounder Rahul Tewatia
The left-handed batsman from Haryana is garnering praise from all quarters for the way he’s finishing games regularly in the most exciting IPL season.
Gavaskar reckons Tewatia’s whirlwind knock in Sharjah (in IPL 2020) where he smashed West Indies pacer Sheldon Cottrell for five sixes in an over, gave him the confidence that he belongs to the big stage.
Speaking on Cricket Live on Star Sports, Gavaskar said, “That assault on Sheldon Cottrell in Sharjah gave him the belief to do the impossible and the confidence that he belongs here. We saw the impossible (he did with the bat) the other day as well. There’s no twitching or touching the pads (which shows a batter’s nervousness) when he bats in the death overs. He just waits for the ball to be delivered and plays his shots. He’s got all the shots in the book, but most importantly his temperament to stay cool in a crisis is brilliant.”
Gavaskar has also nicknamed the 28-year-old cricketer the ‘ice-man’ and lauded Tewatia’s ability to remain unruffled during the tense moments.